Ana Martinez-Catsam, Ph.D.

Dr. Martinez-Catsam specializes in Gilded Age and Progressive Era Texas with an emphasis on epidemics, newspapers, and the Mexican American experience. She earned her Ph.D. from Texas Tech University. She is currently Professor and Chair of the University of Texas Permian Basin Department of History, as well as Interim Chair of the Department of Literature and Language. Her recent publications include articles in the Journal of South Texas, Journal of the West, as well as “Our Local Board of Health Asserts that No Epidemic of Any Kind Exists in San Antonio: State vs. Local Expertise in the 1903 Yellow Fever Quarantine” in the July 2020 issue of the Southwestern Historical Quarterly. Dr. Martinez-Catsam has served on the Al Lowman Memorial Prize Award Committee and the Catarino and Evangelina Hernández Research Fellowship Committee of the TSHA since 2016.

Positions

Board Member (2024–2025)
Board Member (2025–2028)

TSHA Committees

Womens Legation Committee

Education Committee

Hernandez Research Fellowship Committee

Laura Narvaez
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Liz Carpenter Award Committee

Ana Martinez-Catsam, Ph.D.
Betty Edwards, M.D.
Victoria H. Cummins, Ph.D.

Kay Bailey Hutchison Award Committee

Commemorating 250 years of American independence through the stories, people, and places that shaped Texas and the nation.

As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary in 2026, Texans have a unique opportunity to reflect on the state’s role in the American story. Through exhibitions, programs, educational initiatives, and community events across Texas, Texas America250 encourages celebration, reflection, and commemoration at both local and statewide levels. At the Texas State Historical Association, we are proud to support this important moment through our mission-driven work in history education and public engagement, including Texas History Day, and we invite students, educators, and communities to explore this milestone in meaningful ways.

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On July 4, 2026, we will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence and the birth of the greatest nation in the history of the world. “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Long may these ideals live in the heart of every Texan and every American. May God bless all who have defended our freedoms that we enjoy each day. And God bless the United States of America.

Greg Abbott, Governor of Texas

Ana Martinez-Catsam, Ph.D.